Some guests with baby & video

Arden Chandler and Happy mom

Here is the new baby born at 05:37 hrs 12/28/2008, that's right I get that tax deduction. Yeah! Weighing in at 6lbs. 13 oz.., with 18" in length. If our goal was to have the baby at the hospital its a good thing we did not wait too long. We arrived at the hospital at 05:15 hrs this morning, a whole 20 minutes to spare! Deb's woke up in 'labor' at 03:55 hrs so we know we did not want to wait too long. Of course she has had contractions for about the last month, so she's been prepping for a while now. Anyway more to come...

True Colors...

Well, the true colors are shining through. Here are some recent pictures of Seth and Mr. Bud!


Bud

Seth

Hope your holidays are filled with much joy and many memories. Still waiting for the baby to come; we are expecting it any day now! Will update as soon as it arrives!
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Let it snow...

This morning the phone rang at 6. No, we had not discovered the snow yet. It came down pretty hard until about 9:30 or so. I think we ended up with close to 6 inches. The kids liked it better from inside. The cold and wet were not their cup of tea, but they did go out in it. Nadya didn't like it in her face (Seth took her out while it was still snowing). The chickens didn't want to come out of their cage until it stopped snowing, but the puppies and Scout had a lot of fun running and playing in it. I think they liked the fact that they could just lick up some snow instead of having to go to their water bowl for water.

From the Deck

Our pine tree; I love the green and white!

While it was still snowing pretty hard!

A picture of the creek

The gate going to our neighbor's field in the back.

A picture of the house from the pasture.


The words, "Sean, come here, this is fun!" made me look over and discover this mess Aubrey and Nadya made. Nadya was innocent in the sense that this was her first offense with flour, but Aubrey was definitely guilty since this was his second time. They had a brief moment of fun before the grim reality hit-of course mom is going to be mad when she sees this mess!

The Waiting Game...

I have been quite remiss in not posting; I apologize for this. I was settled down to post lots of pictures but the internet is not cooperating today due to the weather. Oh, the joys of satellite internet!! So this post will not be long, but I did want all of our followers to know that we are expecting our newest addition to the family any day now. The kids are excited and argue about how the baby will come out. Sean wanted to know if the doctor was going to open my heart and take the baby out and Aubrey promptly replied that the baby was going to "shoot" out. Of course all of this is terribly amusing to listen to, but thankfully they haven't asked for any details and are content to simply argue about it with each other! I know it is coming, but we will face every parenting challenge as it presents itself and just laugh in the mean time! Hope this finds you well and not stressing out about the holidays!! Much love from the Chandlers!

Scout's Pups

We are happy to announce the arrival of Scout's puppies. Four girls and one boy! Proud mother is the Australian Shepherd "Casey" next door. They are approximately 2.5 weeks old. If proper homes are not found for them, they will be part of a friends "Traveling Barn" which, in its travels finds homes for puppies such as these! It will be hard to see them go, but I don't really need any more furry dogs like Scout, which these appear to have every bit as much fur as him! Aren't they adorable. They are starting to have lots of personality and growl and nip on each other even though they don't have any teeth yet!


Proud Daddy

They were sucking on Sean's fingers

Folic Acid, Floating Star, & Rubber Boots

As many of you know, I took a quilting class in August. I enjoyed the class thoroughly and learned a lot to boot. I sent the quilt to Deanna in Nepal so she is enjoying it now. The pattern is called Floating Star. I have some other projects I am working on, but I can't post them because they are Christmas gifts.




What happens when you mix a little boy who is supposed to be taking a nap and mommy's folic acid vitamins?? Nothing good!!! I told him to lay down and take a nap; shortly thereafter, he came to the top of the stairs saying his nose hurt. I started up the stairs and smelled vick's vapor rub, cruel parent that I am, informed him that it was his own fault he rubbed too much on and told him to go back to his bed. Fast forward to the afternoon, I began to notice him sneezing a lot; like 3 to 5 sneezes every 10 minutes or so. He came to me and said his nose hurt. I looked and noticed that it was bulging a bit on one side right at the bridge of his nose. I laid him down and looked up his nose and noticed some white stuff. I made him blow, but nothing was coming out, so I thought once we get home we can suck it out. Well, that didn't work. I brought Aubrey upstairs by my bed and asked what was in his nose. He pointed to the folic acid tablets; I asked him how many; he replied five. Well, to make a long, agonizing story short, He blew the one in the picture below out of his nose the next morning, which cleared the airway in his nose, and then blew another out with the help of Daddy's homemade extractor made from a paper clip *shudder*. Anyway, Aubrey now says he will not put things up his nose. We know that will only last as long as he doesn't find anything that fits so perfectly like the folic acid tablets!!

Placed by a matchhead for comparison


Sean, Aubrey & Owen with their boots!


Well, I am happy to say we lit our first fire of the season (in the fireplace that is). We are enjoying this cool weather immensely! Scout is especially enjoying it; he is super hyper right now. He loves the cold weather with all that fur of his!! That is about it for now. I will catch things up soon. Hopefully it won't take a month to post next time!!